Bolton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement with buildings or fortifications.
Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Bolton by the numbers
Bolton was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bolton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- BostonBoston town; place name used as given name425 in the US (2017)
- Bentonbent grass settlement or town230 in the US (2017)
- Brytonfrom the settlement of the Britons64 in the US (2017)
- Bostynfrom Boston; a variant of Boston49 in the US (2017)
- Burtonfortified town or garrison settlement25 in the US (2017)
- Bartonpoultry yard; farmyard9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bolton
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